The expansion adds an additional major intercity route following other recently completed or acquired routes between San Francisco and Sacramento, San Diego and Yuma, Ariz. and Denver and Chicago. Construction on the new route is expected to be completed in 2017 and will include 17 neutral colocation sites to provide space and power for customers. Following completion, Zayo will have long haul dark fiber available on more than 16,000 route miles in the United States and Europe.

The route enables a new path connecting Kansas City, Denver and Dallas, reducing the network latency for customers with critical applications and data centers in these markets. Zayo is considering using existing assets to further extend the route from Dallas to Houston. The network will be underground, will contain multiple conduits, and will be diverse from other existing routes.

“This expansion is the result of strong demand from customers for long haul dark fiber which provides the most control and favorable economics in an environment where bandwidth needs are quickly increasing,” said Pam Moore, vice president of long haul dark fiber at Zayo. “Zayo is focused on long haul network infrastructure that supports growth of the Internet economy.”

Industries such as wireless, media and content, oil and gas, utilities, technology and retail have seen increasing bandwidth demand driven by the propagation of mobile devices, big data, streaming content, and the shift to cloud applications. Zayo’s long haul dark fiber solutions provide these industries with virtually unlimited bandwidth, physical security, and cost-effective scaling needed to accommodate increasing bandwidth demands.

About Zayo Group
Based in Boulder, Colo., Zayo Group Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: ZAYO) is a publicly traded company that provides comprehensive Bandwidth Infrastructure services in over 300 markets throughout the US and Europe. Zayo delivers a full suite of lit services and dark fiber products to wireline and wireless customers, data centers, Internet content providers, high-bandwidth enterprises, and government agencies across its robust 81,000 route mile network. The company also offers 37 carrier-neutral colocation facilities across the US and France. Please visit www.zayo.com for more information about Zayo and its fiber solutions.